Ubuntu
gnome-terminal package

can't resize gnome terminal to larger than monitor width

Bug #562622 reported by Tim Irvin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Terminal
Expired
Medium
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

1. irvin@office9:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

2. irvin@office9:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.cs.umn.edu karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3. I have a dual monitor configuration, with NVidia TwinView (2 X 1680x1050 monitors). With gnome terminal I tried to resize a window by grabbing the side of the window and dragging it to a size larger then a single monitor.

4. What happened was that I was unable to move my mouse past the monitor boundary (it would not move on to the screen of the next monitor). I was able to make the window straddle the 2 screens by moving the window, but then if I tried to resize the window it would snap back to the closest monitor edge.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 13 15:21:26 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-terminal 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64

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Tim Irvin (irvin-nettempo) wrote :
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME . Thanks in advance!

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Angel Abad (angelabad)
Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: Unknown → New
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Angel Abad (angelabad) wrote :

In Gnome Bugzilla Christian Persch said:

"Which window manager is that with? Please try if this happens when using
metacity, with compositing disabled (gconf key
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager => false)."

Could you provide this info to upstream authors?

Thanks!

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: New → Incomplete
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Angel Abad (angelabad) wrote :

In gnome bugzilla Fabio Durán Verdugo said:

"Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please
feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for.
Thanks!"

Same with this bug. If you have information please reopen it.

Thank!

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Paul Kim (paulk) wrote :

Possible workaround:

    Resize window with Alt+F8. Move cursor horizontally to the next monitor and click to resize.

I've seen this issue on x86 Karmic desktop machine using GDM window manager with dual head monitors in portrait TwinView mode. Trying to select Window (circle icon in upper left corner) ->Resize does not work, but Alt+F8 seems to work.

Package: gdm
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 7280
Maintainer: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2.2
Replaces: fast-user-switch-applet, gdm-snapshot
Provides: x-display-manager

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Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Invalid → Expired
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